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Rebecca Cooley & Grace Hoffman

Woman left 'looking like an emoji' after hair dye made her head 'balloon'

A woman has detailed how her attempt to dye her hair went horribly wrong as she suffered a horrific allergic reaction that left her looking like an "emoji" as her entire head ballooned. Not only did it do that, but Shanika McNeil also claims that the incident left her unable to see for days.

After dying her hair back with her usual product, she initially woke up the following morning before things started to escalate to a headache and her forehead began to swell. The next few hours saw Shanika, from Houston, Texas, US, clearly suffering an allergic reaction as a rash broke out on her forehead, her scalp began to "burn", and her face she continued to swell by the hour.

Her home hair dye went horribly wrong (Kennedy News and Media)
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